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Cable Car on Powell Street
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These things are a huge draw for tourist…I’ve seen the queues waiting to take the short ride. I suppose it’s something you should do while you’re there at least once. There’s a Cable Car Museum that I plan to visit sometime. Maybe I’ll take a cable car to the museum…two birds! Iconic Cable Car on Powell Street, San Francisco, California. San Francisco’s first successful...

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Queen Mary
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Queen Mary

Aug 23, 2012

Long Beach, California. Is the Queen Mary haunted?  Well, I will say it’s creepy especially after midnight.  We’ve stayed on the QM twice and have gone exploring late in the evening to see if we could “see something”.   Just for the record, if I did see something I’d have a heart attack.  The creepy factor is increased by the fact that there seems to...

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USS Arizona Memorial
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USS Arizona Memorial

May 10, 2012

Dedicated by JFK in 1962, to, not just the 1,177 service people on the USS Arizona, but to all 2,386 people who died in the December 7, 1941, attack. Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii. Designed by Alfred...

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Roissey – CDG
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Roissey – CDG

Sep 24, 2004

Get it together LAX…this is what you should be working toward. Spacious, bright, airy, what’s not to like. If I have to wait someplace before being crammed into an airplane for hours and hours I want it to look like this. In fact, if this wasn’t, #1 in France, #2 a high security building, and #3 filled with scads of cranky, smelly travelers, I...

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